Happy (Late) 4th of July!

Happy late 4th of July everyone! I hope you all had a safe and relaxing holiday weekend. Ours was pretty relaxing and we tried to keep some traditions alive too by re-enacting the Iwo Jima statue, singing the national anthem, and having the best firework show ever (well at least in Korea, haha). It was great weekend, and luckily for us the weather was great.



On Saturday we hung out at the beach with about 30 other foreigners, mostly Americans with some Brits and Canucks helping us celebrate. I made homemade egg salad and crab salad sandwiches for lunch and we grilled out for dinner (traditional chicken, hot dogs, and sausages). We even tried to drink American beer to really show our true American pride. I never really cared much for the 4th of July, to me it was just another loud holiday that meant no work. But living over here away from all the action automatically creates this sense of pride and respect for your country that made this 4th of July much more meaningful and celebrated event. Later at night Dave and Jeff put together a large firework show with fireworks they ordered over the internet, and it was a great display! So the only thing missing this 4th of July was the monotonous parade festivities which made it the best 4th of July ever, haha.



Now we only have three more weekends left here in Yeosu, and I can’t believe it. It still feels like we have so much time, but yet so little. It’s crazy how your mind changes day by day on your thoughts about going home. Mostly mine are extremely excited and now I simply feel that I cannot wait to get back to my roots. I know the next 25 days will be gone in a flash and I’m trying to take advantage of the time I have left with the good friends I’ve made here. While we are both excited about going home we are also both really nervous and anxious to find jobs and an apartment. Change is a good thing, but stressful thing all at the same time. I’ve been applying every chance I get to jobs I see posted online, with not much luck. I’m lucky to be home the entire month of August to visit schools and really try hard to land a great teaching job so wish me luck! Dave has been applying also to a few jobs he has seen posted but no word yet. I think we are both going to have to wait until we are back in Minnesota before we get any interviews. August will definitely be a busy month filled with job hunting, apartment hunting, and catching up with friends and family. Luckily I will be staying with my sister and brother-in-law when I get back and Dave will be staying with his parent’s for a little while. We are both really excited to see the two new additions to his family. If all works out as planned we will both start work September 1, and have an apartment by that time too, but time will only tell.

Well Dave and I wish everyone a happy 4th of July weekend and hopefully we will be seeing you all in about 3 weeks! Wish us luck on the job hunt and if you know of any teaching positions or Web developing positions let us know, haha.

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